 I see him now ; he leads a body of men close under the outer barrier of the barbican. They pull down the piles and palisades ; they hew down the barriers with axes. His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the...  the edinburgh review - Pàgina 38per david william - 1820Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1820 - 524 pàgines
...high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. — They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back! — Front-deBocuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press. They throng again to... | |
 | 1820 - 774 pàgines
...His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain.— They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back ! — Front-de-Bceuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press. They throng again... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1820 - 340 pàgines
...of arms which adorn the chivalrous pages of Froissart took place at the barriers of besieged places. defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press....man. God of Jacob ! it is the meeting of two fierce tides—the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds." She turned her head from the lattice, as... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1820 - 342 pàgines
...high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. — They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back ! — Front-de-Bosuf heads the * Every Gothic castle and city had, heyond the outerwalls, a fortification... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 550 pàgines
...raven over the field of the slain.—They have made a breach in the barriers—they rush in—they are thrust back !— Front-de-Boeuf heads the defenders,...man. God of Jacob! it is the meeting of two fierce tides—the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds." She turned her head from the lattice, as... | |
 | 1822 - 582 pàgines
...high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. — They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back ! — Front-de-Bceuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press. They throng again... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1823 - 328 pàgines
...—They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back! — Front-de-Bosuf heads the defenders, I see his gigantic form above the press. They throng again to'the breach, and the pass is disputed hand to hand and man to man. God of Jacob! it is the meeting... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 852 pàgines
...nigh black plume floats abroad over ihe throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. — They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in—...press. They throng again to the breach, and the pass is diaruted hand to nand, and man to man. God of Jacob I it is the meeting of two fierce tides— the... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pàgines
...the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. They have made a breach in the barriers—they rush in— they are thrust back? Front-de-Boeuf heads...man. God of Jacob ! it is the meeting of two fierce tides—the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds." She turned her head from the lattice, as... | |
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